‘ello sailors!

Posted by admin on February 28th, 2010 filed in Activities, Beach life, Day tripping, Diving, Living here, Partying, The locals, Uncategorized

Lock up your daughters because the sailors are coming to town. I’ve just heard that next week Phuket will see an influx of US Navy sailors. Three warships are set to anchor of Phuket’s coast as the young men hit dry land for shore leave. The use of Phuket for these purposes has recently begun to grow, and although this will not be the first time the Navy have painted Patong town red, it will be the first for Colonel Araypan Pukburkhao, the new chief of the area’s Police. He only took charge of Patong earlier this month.

So town is set to be a bit livelier from the 3^rd to the 7^th of March, as homesick sailors from USS Patriot, USS Rushmore and USS Cleveland enjoy ‘morale, welfare and recreation’ (MWR). What exactly this means is not clear, but apparently many sailors take the opportunity to go on diving trips and catch up on sleep.

Now maybe times have changed, but I’m sure that’s not the traditional image of sailors on shore leave I’ve been brought up with, and I have no doubt you will find at least of few of them enjoying the less-wholesome delights of Phuket.